GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| rescind | to take away : remove |